Spain's Interministerial Immigration Commission Meets in Madrid on November 10 Over Canary Islands Arrivals: 5,857 People on 57 Boats Since November 1
Spain's government convened an extraordinary meeting of the Interministerial Immigration Commission at the Moncloa Palace in Madrid on the morning of November 10, before the Council of Ministers, to address migration pressure on the Canary Islands, in particular El Hierro. The meeting was chaired by Ángel Víctor Torres, Minister of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, with Canary Islands President Fernando Clavijo and El Hierro island council president Alpidio Armas attending in an extraordinary capacity.
According to official Spanish figures, 5,857 people reached the Canaries on 57 boats between November 1 and 5 p.m. on November 9; the Canary Islands government had earlier put arrivals from November 1 to 6 at 4,587 people on 49 boats, 35 of them reaching El Hierro. After a call between Clavijo and Prime Minister Pedro Sánchez, the central government undertook to convene the commission urgently and to reinforce health resources on El Hierro through the State Secretariat for Migration.
Also attending were Foreign Minister José Manuel Albares, the Interior Minister, Inclusion, Social Security and Migration Minister Elma Saiz, Labour Minister Yolanda Díaz, Social Rights Minister Pablo Bustinduy and Youth and Children Minister Sira Rego. On Monday, November 9, the Canary Islands government approved an eight-point proposal demanding an extraordinary contingency plan, including funding, reinforced public services and transfers of migrants to mainland Spain. (Source: Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Spain)
Source: Ministry of Territorial Policy and Democratic Memory, Spain
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